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How NOT to Clean Auto Upholstery

March 22, 2012 By Nadeem Muaddi

If you’ve ever wondered what’s the quickest way to ruin a car’s interior, wonder no more. This old man did the unthinkable. He used a power washer to clean his car’s upholstery – leaving its seats, door panels, carpet and dashboard wet and ruined.  Not surprisingly, we’re inducting him into The Hog Ring‘s “Hall of Shame“.

Question: What’s the dumbest thing you’ve ever seen a customer do to his/her car interior?

Filed Under: Archive, Hall of Shame Tagged With: Auto Trim, Auto Upholstery, Car Interior

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  1. Bodnar720 says

    February 2, 2013 at 7:26 pm

    NO NO NO! how are all those people just casually walking by ? Ha-ha to me they are just as bad acting like its business as usual!

  2. EDWARD MUNDAY says

    February 2, 2013 at 9:15 pm

    RETIRED…PROBABLY A HURRICANE SANDY CAR. IVE SEEN DETAIL SHOPS WASH SEAT COVERS AND THE FOAM , AFTER WE HAD TAKEN THE COVERS OFF AND IVE SEEN CARPET STEAM CLEANED OUT OF THE CAR BUT THIS, IM WONDERING IF IT WOULD EVEN START AFTER WETTING ALL THE ELECTRONICS.

  3. nickie says

    September 25, 2018 at 7:09 am

    Sounds like everyone here has done it at least one time or another. lol

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